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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade  observes Special Campaign 2.0
The Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade  is implementing the Swacchhta drive under the Special Campaign 2.0 with all out efforts for its success. The Department has identified 95 campaign sites, that include the main department premises in Udyog Bhavan and Vanijya Bhavan, and 19 organizations under DPIIT, spread across the country. All the 11 parameters identified by DARPG are being monitored by the Department on regular basis.
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Special Campaign in Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi
The Department has constituted a coordination committee under the nodal officer for overall coordination of activities. To facilitate the coordination, the department has created a dedicated portal, where organizations upload the progress achieved in the campaign. Similarly, a Swachhata committee has been constituted to supervise cleanliness activities in Udyog Bhavan and Vanijya Bhavan.
During the preparatory, phase the Department has identified approximately 5.42 lakh physical files and 46,616 efiles for review. Out of these, 73,389 physical files have already been weeded out and 1096 e-files have been closed.
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Central Paper Pulp Research Organisation, Shahranpur.
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Salt Commissioner Organisation, Jaipur
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The Department has also identified pending references relating to public grievance, parliament assurance, IMC references, references from MPS etc., and these references are also being monitored for disposal on day to day basis. In the area of Rules/Process simplification, the Department had simplified 134 rules/process in the spl campaign 1.0 and has now identified 6 rules/process for campaign 2.0.
Monitoring and review
The monitoring of the progress of the campaign by CIM and MoS gives boost to the campaign. The Secretary, DPIIT also monitors this in weekly Senior Officers’ Meeting. The Department has deputed 49 officers to inspect a total of 75 campaign sites all over the country and submit reports. The Department and its organizations send tweets on the progress of the campaign.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Resolution of Pension Grievances under Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters 2.0 
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare  is the nodal department for formulation of policies relating to pension and other retirement benefits of Central Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners. During SCDPM 2.0 campaign, the department has targeted to resolve 4200 pending pension grievances to ensure speedy redressal and to enhance “Ease of living” for 68 lakh Central Government Pensioners.
As on 19.10.2022, i.e. within 18 days of the campaign, 3080 Pension Grievances have already been resolved. The Department is convening inter-ministerial meetings with concerned Ministries/Departments to resolve all grievances within due time period. The Department is on track to achieve the ambitious target set by it at the start of the campaign and bring down the pendency of Pension Grievances.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Special Remission to Prisoners
The Government of India has decided to celebrate the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ as a series of events to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence. As part of the celebrations, it has been decided to grant special remission to certain categories of prisoners and release them in three phases- 15th August, 2022 , 26th January, 2023  and on 15th August, 2023. Detailed guidelines for granting special remission to prisoners have been issued to the States/Union Territories , which are available on Ministry of Home Affairs’ website at: https://www.mha.gov.in/division_of_mha/women-safety-division .
States/UTs have been advised that prior to the release of prisoners, counselling sessions may be held for the prisoners and their family members to facilitate their rehabilitation in the society and orientation/lecture sessions may also be organised in the jails before their release, where the prisoner being released may sensitise and encourage other prison inmates about their social contribution after release.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Medicine for Breast Cancer
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, has put a cap on Trade Margin of 42 selected non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines on pilot basis under ‘Trade Margin Rationalization’ approach
As informed by Department of Pharmaceuticals, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority vide order S.O. 1041 dated 27th February, 2019, has put a cap on Trade Margin of 42 selected non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines on pilot basis under ‘Trade Margin Rationalization’ approach. Ribociclib was also included in this.
The Government of India has taken several measures to encourage domestic manufacturing of pharmaceutical drugs including its APIs / bulk drugs  to boost domestic manufacturing. The major Programmatic interventions to support Pharma Industries include Production Linked Incentive  scheme for Pharmaceuticals and for the Bulk drugs, the schematic interventions are PLI scheme for Bulk Drugs and Bulk Drugs Parks scheme. The Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for Pharmaceuticals launched in FY 2020 - 21 provides financial incentive to 55 selected applicants for manufacturing of approved eligible products under three categories including anti-cancer drugs  for a period of six years. One PLI applicant is manufacturing the Abemaciclib Intermediate and Ribociclib Intermediate under the sub-category of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients/ Key Starting materials/ Drug Intermediates.
As per the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Cancer Registry Programme data, the estimated number of incidences of breast cancer in the country for the year 2022 is 216108. As per Central Drugs Standard Control Organization , palbociclib has gone off patent on 10th Jan 2023.
Quality generic medicines are made available at affordable prices to all, under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana  in collaboration with the State Governments. Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment  Pharmacy stores have been set up in some hospitals/institutions, with an objective to make available Cancer drugs at a substantial discount vis-à-vis the Maximum Retail Price.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Socio-Economic Caste Census
The Socio Economic and Caste Census  2011 data, excluding the caste data, have been finalised and published by Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The SECC reports are available on the portal secc.gov.in. As informed by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, there is no proposal to release the caste data at this stage.
The castes and tribes which are specifically notified as Scheduled Castes  and Scheduled Tribes  as per the Constitution  Order 1950 and the Constitution  Order, 1950, as amended from time to time, are enumerated in the Census. The Government of India has not enumerated caste wise population other than SCs and STs in Census since independence.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
ESIC Signs an Agreement with SBI for Payments To ESIC Beneficiaries on Real Time Basis
A Memorandum of Agreement has been signed between the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation  and SBI today in accordance with which, the SBI would provide e-payment services directly to the bank accounts of all ESIC beneficiaries and payees without any manual intervention as an integrated and automated process. The SBI would provide e-payment integration with the Enterprise Resource Planning  processes of ESIC through its Cash Management Product  e-payment technology platform.
The e-payment integration would effect statutory benefit payments to ESIC beneficiaries as well as other payees on real time basis, reducing time lags and delays and at the same time, help to eliminate mistakes and errors caused by repetitive and manual data entries. The new system will benefit all stakeholders of ESIC. The agreement was signed in the presence of Shri Rajkumar, DG, ESIC and Shri Sunil Wadhera, DGM, SBI.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Organ Donation
Government of India has enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 which has been amended in 2011 after the Parliament has passed the Transplantation of Human Organs  Act, 2011. The Act is for the purpose of regulation and removal, storage and transplantation of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purpose and for prevention of commercial dealing in human organs and tissues and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Further, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014. The aforesaid Act and Rules provide for the policy regarding organ donation.
Health being a State subject, the States are required to adopt the Act before it may become applicable therein. The Original Act, i.e. the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 is applicable in all States and Union Territories  except State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which have their own Act on this subject.
After notification by Government of India, the Transplantation of Human Organs  Act, 2011 has come into force on 10-01-2014 in the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and all UTs. Subsequently the States which have adopted the Amendment Act till date are Rajasthan, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Assam, Manipur, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Other States have not yet adopted the Amendment Act.
State/UT wise details of the number of cases of organ donation pending since January 1, 2018, are given below. The reason for pendency is gap between demand and supply of organs.
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S.No
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States/ UTs
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No. of Cases in Waiting List
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-
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Andaman Nicobar Island
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0
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-
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Andhra Pradesh
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1861
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-
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Arunachal Pradesh
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0
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Assam
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43
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-
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Bihar
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23
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-
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Chandigarh
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1521
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-
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Chhatisgarh
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0
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
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0
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Delhi
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4543
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Goa
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20
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Gujarat
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318
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Haryana
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164
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Himachal Pradesh
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0
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-
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Jammu and Kashmir
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37
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-
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Jharkhand
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0
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Karnataka
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2550
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-
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Kerala
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2252
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Ladakh
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0
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Lakshwdeep
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0
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Madhya Pradesh
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269
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Maharashtra
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6844
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Manipur
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11
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Meghalaya
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0
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Mizoram
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0
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-
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Nagaland
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0
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-
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Odisha
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55
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Puducherry
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226
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Punjab
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16
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Rajasthan
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231
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Sikkim
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0
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-
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Tamil Nadu
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4661
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Telangana
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2680
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Tripura
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0
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Uttar Pradesh
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2340
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-
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Uttrakhand
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0
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West Bengal
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221
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Total
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30886
The Minister of State , Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
Ministry of Culture
On the occasion of centenary year of great archaeologist Prof B. B. Lal, Union Culture Minister releases e-book “Prof. B. B. Lal -India Rediscovered” today in New Delhi
Prof Lal is a precious gem of Indian archaeology who rediscovered the civilizational India buried under the colonial past – Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
On the occasion of centenary year of great archaeologist Professor B. B. Lal, Union Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel released an e-book “Prof. B. B. Lal -India Rediscovered” today in New Delhi. Secretary, Ministry of Culture Shri Anand Kumar was also present on this occasion. Prof Lal was born on 02nd may 1921 in village Baidora, District Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The book is a centenary special edition which has been prepared by Ministry of culture in collaboration with Prof B B Lal Centenary Celebration Committee. The book is a tribute from Ministry of culture for his immense contribution to the field of archaeology. Earlier in the morning Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel visited Prof B. B. Lal personally and paid his respect and greetings on his birthday.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Patel said that Prof B.B. Lal is a living legend and India is lucky to have such a great personality like him. He said that Prof Lal is a precious gem of Indian archaeology who rediscovered the civilizational India buried under the colonial past. He further said that it is a matter of immense pleasure that Ministry of Culture is celebrating the centenary year of great archaeologist who dedicated his whole life in the service of motherland. Shri Patel said that Prof Lal is an eternal inspiration not only for archaeologists but also for every citizen of India.
Prof. B. B. Lal was conferred upon Padma Bhushan in the year of 2000. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India  from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. Prof Lal also served on various UNESCO committees. In a career spanning over five decades Prof Lal made immense contribution to the field of archaeology. Prof Lal was trained by Sir Mortimer Wheeler at Taxila in 1944 and later joined Archaeological Survey of India. Prof. Lal excavated several important landmark sites including Hastinapura , Sisupalgarh , Purana Qila , Kalibangan . From 1975-76 onwards, Prof. Lal investigated sites like Ayodhya, Bharadvaja Ashrama, Sringaverapura, Nandigrama and Chitrakoota under the Archaeology of Ramayana Sites. Prof. Lal has authored 20 books and over 150 research articles on various national and international journals.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Metro Rail operations allowed with effect from 7th September, 2020
Metro Rail operations have been allowed w.e.f. 7th September, 2020. The SOP already circulated will be discussed on 1st September 2020 through VC by MOHUA with all Metro companies and finalised.
All MDs have been asked to look into SOP prepared by MOHUA earlier in view of the current realities. All suggestions will be considered in the VC Meeting and accordingly SOP will be finalised.
Prime Minister's Office
Today’s decision on Ujjwala subsidy will greatly ease family budgets: PM
Significant drop in petrol and diesel prices will positively impact various sectors, provide relief to our citizens: PM
The Prime Minister has said that today's decisions on Ujjwala subsidy and drop in petrol and diesel prices will positively impact various sectors, provide relief to our citizens and further ‘Ease of Living.’
Quoting the Finance Minister's tweets regarding the decisions, the Prime Minister tweeted :
"It is always people first for us!
Today’s decisions, especially the one relating to a significant drop in petrol and diesel prices will positively impact various sectors, provide relief to our citizens and further ‘Ease of Living.’"
Prime Minister's Office
13th BRICS Summit
As part of India’s ongoing Chairship of BRICS in 2021, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on 9 September 2021 in virtual format. The meeting will be attended by the President of Brazil, H.E. Mr. Jair Bolsonaro; President of Russia, H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin; President of China, H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping; and President of South Africa, H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa. India’s National Security Adviser, Shri AjitDoval, President of the New Development Bank, Mr. Marcos Troyjo, the pro tempore Chair of the BRICS Business Council, Shri Onkar Kanwar and pro tempore Chair of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance, Dr. Sangita Reddy, will present reports on the outcomes pursued this year under their respective tracks to the Leaders during the Summit.
The theme for the Summit is ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus’. India had outlined four priority areas for its Chairship. These are Reform of the Multilateral System, Counter Terrorism, Using Digital and Technological Tools for achieving SDGs and Enhancing People to People exchanges. In addition to these areas, the leaders will also exchange views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other current global and regional issues.
This is the second time Prime Minister Modi will be chairing the BRICS Summit. Earlier he had chaired the Goa Summit in 2016. The Indian Chairship of BRICS this year coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of BRICS, as reflected in the theme for the Summit.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to Bharat Ratna MGR on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Bharat Ratna MGR on his Jayanti.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Bharat Ratna MGR lives in the hearts of several people. Be it the world of films or politics, he was widely respected. During his CM tenures, he initiated numerous efforts towards poverty alleviation and also emphasised on women empowerment. Tributes to MGR on his Jayanti."
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India reports less than 20,000 Daily New Cases since past 7 days
Steady decline in number of deaths; Daily Fatalities below 300 for the last 20 days
22 States/UTs have cases Fatality Rate less than the National Average
Initial procurement amount of 1.65 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines allocated to all States/UTs
The ongoing trend of contraction of India’s daily new cases continues. India has recorded less than 20,000 daily new cases since the last 7 days.
In the last 24 hours, only 16,946 persons were found to be infected with COVID in India. In the same period, India also registered 17,652 new recoveries ensuring a net decline of 904 cases in the Active Caseload.
Daily deaths in India are on a sustained decline. Less than 300 daily deaths have been registered for the last 20 days.
India’s Case Fatality Rate stands at 1.44% today. 22 States/UTs have cases Fatality Rate less than the National Average.
The active caseload of the country stands at 2,13,603. The share of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases has further shrunk to 2.03%.
25 States/UTs have less than 5,000 Active Cases.
India’s Total Recoveries stand at 10,146,763 today. The Recovery Rate has also increased to 96.52%.
82.67% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,158 newly recovered cases. 3,009 people recovered in Maharashtrain the past 24 hours followed by 930 inChhattisgarh.
76.45% of the new cases are from Seven States and UTs.
Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,004. It is followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka with 3,556 and 746 new cases, respectively.
198 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Six States/UTs account for 75.76% of new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties . Kerala and West Bengal follow with 26 and 18 daily deaths, respectively.
The country is geared up for the massive COVID-19 vaccination drive beginning from 16th January 2021.
The full initial procurement amount of 1.65 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines against Covid-19 have been allocated to all States/UTs in the proportion of Health Care Workers database. Therefore, there is no question of discrimination against any State in allocation of vaccination doses. This is the initial lot of supply of vaccine doses and would be continuously replenished in the weeks to come. Therefore, any apprehension being expressed on account of deficient supply is totally baseless and unfounded.
States have been advised to organize vaccination sessions taking into account 10% reserve/wastage doses and average of 100 vaccinations per session per day. Therefore, any undue haste on the parts of the States to organize unreasonable numbers of vaccination per site per day is not advised.
The States and UTs have also been advised to increase the number of vaccination session sites that would be operational every day in a progressive manner as the vaccination process stabilizes and moves forward.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
GST Council has to decide on levy of GST on Petroleum Products
Article 279A  of the Constitution provides that Goods and Services Tax Council shall recommend the date on which goods and services tax shall be levied on petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit, natural gas and aviation turbine fuel. Thus while, petroleum products are constitutionally included under GST, the date on which GST shall be levied on such goods, shall be as per the decision of the GST Council. As per the section 9 of the CGST Act, inclusion of all excluded petroleum products, including petrol and diesel in GST will require recommendation of the GST Council.
All the States and Union Territories  with Legislature are represented in the GST Council by their Minister-in-charge of Finance or Taxation or any other Minister nominated by the State/UT. Any decision regarding levy of GST on petroleum products has to be decided as per recommendation of the GST Council.
This Information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Wind Power Potential of Windy States and Policy for Repowering Wind Power Projects
The Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power has informed about the states with the highest potential for wind energy. The wind resource assessment conducted by the National Institute of Wind Energy indicates an estimated wind power potential of about 695.5 GW at 120 meter and 1,164 GW at 150 meter above ground level in the country. However, the wind resource is highly site-specific and its commercially exploitable potential is available majorly in eight states. The state-wise wind power potential of these eight windy states is given as under:
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State
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Wind Power Potential  at 120 m above ground level
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Wind Power Potential  at 150 m above ground level
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Andhra Pradesh
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74.90
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123.33
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Gujarat
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142.56
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180.79
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Karnataka
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124.15
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169.25
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Madhya Pradesh
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15.40
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55.42
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Maharashtra
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98.21
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173.86
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Rajasthan
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127.75
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284.25
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Tamil Nadu
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68.75
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95.10
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Telangana
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24.83
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54.71
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Others
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18.95
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27.14
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Total
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695.5
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1,163.85
The Minister informed that the Government has issued ‘Policy for Repowering of the Wind Power Projects’ on 05th August, 2016 which, inter alia, provides an incentive of additional interest rate rebate of 0.25% over and above the interest rate rebates available to the new wind projects being financed by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency .
Majority of wind turbine components are made up of metals which can be recycled, and for Fiber Reinforced Plastics  used in blades, the Central Pollution Control Board  has issued ‘Guidelines for Disposal of Thermoset Plastic Waste including Sheet moulding compound  / Fiber Reinforced Plastic ’ on 25th May, 2016.
This information has been given by the Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Rajya Sabha on August 8, 2023.